So You Want an Apartment
Genres
Overview
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
11 min
Release Date
1948-01-03
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
4
George O'Hanlon
Joe McDoakes
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Creighton Hale
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Jane Harker
Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Lomas
Man in Cramped Bed (uncredited)
Charles Marsh
Shaymus O'Shaymus (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
J. Phineas McNasty (uncredited)
Clifton Young
Homer Hotbox (uncredited)
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